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Salad plates with a hand-painted buck and hand-written place card

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Deerly Diane

With more than 30 years of interior design experience, Diane Johnson owned and operated a retail store in Johns Creek for 25 years. She recently moved to a space in the design district in Norcross.  

For this lovely holiday table, Diane wanted to achieve a club-like, elegant holiday feel without using red and green. Each guest will find their seat with a hand-written place card and golden gift waiting for them. Diane will celebrate the holidays this year with dear friends here in Atlanta, and toast to the new year with a Kir Royale. Cheers!

Diane’s tips for creating the perfect table setting:

  1. Set the table a couple of days in advance, so all you need to worry about are the flowers and the food. 
  2. Buy quality accessories and a statement piece, so they can last for years to come.
  3. Have one set of basic china that you can mix with your other china or decorative plates.
  • Pressed linen napkins monogrammed in navy with Dianes’ initials 
  • Salad plates with a hand-painted buck and hand-written place card
  •  Diane loves to wrap boxes for each guest that coordinates with the theme.